World History Unit 1 Test

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

• The invention of farming led to the rise of permanent settlement

• The spread of new technologies through cultural diffusion

• The end of the Ice Age, which led to warmer climates

• The decline of human populations due to new diseases

Cultural diffusion is best defined as:

• The physical movement of people from one country to another.

• The spread of ideas and customs from one culture to another.

• The process of a dominant culture absorbing a smaller culture

• The development of distinct cultural features within a single culture

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Classical Civilizations?

• Advanced Cities

• Complex Institutions

• Cultural Development

• Monotheistic belief systems.

How did the Persians spread ideas throughout their empire?

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Royal Road

• Nile River

• Arabian Sea

Which of the following was NOT a lasting legacy of the Persians?

• The use of coins for trade

• The creation of the first major empire

• The rise of Buddhism

• The road system

Due to its large size, the Persians ruled through a bureaucracy. What is a bureaucracy?

• A government ruled by an absolute monarch

• A government ruled through various departments or agencies

• A government ruled by elected representatives

• A government in which power is passed down from one generation to another

The adoption and spread of Zoroastrianism in Ancient Persia demonstrates which major characteristic of a civilization?

• Economic Development

• Cultural Development

• Complex social hierarchies

• Use of legal codes

What large geographic feature separates the Indian subcontinent from most other Asian countries?

• The Deccan Plateau

• The Himalayas

• The Hindu Kush

• The Thar Desert

Which option best explains how the Aryans influenced Ancient India?

• Siddhartha Gautama was an Aryan who founded Buddhism, one of India’s oldest religions.

• The Aryans introduced the caste system and many of the beliefs that became Hinduism.

• The Aryans were a group of merchants who traveled along the Silk Road, spreading knowledge of Ancient India’s advanced mathematics and science.

• They were credited with developing legalism, which led to the Han Dynasty’s Golden Age.

Which of the following best describes Ancient India’s caste system?

• It allowed people to move up or down the social order throughout their lifetime.

• It ranked people based on the skills or knowledge they acquired.

• It was tied to the teachings of Judaism.

• It was a rigid social structure that people were born into and could not change.